Ordination/Recognition Questionnaire

  • Ordination/Recognition Questionnaire

    For Ordination Candidate or Ordained Minister Requesting Recognition of Credentials
  • Choose One:*
  • Date*
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  • Choose One:*

  • APPLICANT INFORMATION

  • Sex*
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Birthdate*
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  • Current Marital Status*
  • Marriage Date*
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  • Spouse's Birthdate*
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  • EDUCATION INFORMATION

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  • Have you completed a validated Course of Study for district licensed ministers?*
  • Have you ever been district licensed or ordained by the Church of the Nazarene?*
  • Date*
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  • ORDINATION AND RECOGNITION CANDIDATES

  • Do you have a definite call to preach?*
  • Do you have a definite call to lifetime Christian ministry?*
  • Date Converted:*
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  • Date Sanctified:*
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  • Have you been divorced?*
  • Has your marriage been annulled?*
  • Was the marriage consummated?*
  • Have you ever had a legal separation?*

  • Details of said divorce/annulment/legal separation of the applicant must be submitted to the Board of General Superintendents for its review, in accordance with Manual paragraph 320 and specifications in paragraph 530.1 (#7, #8). “have had any disqualification, which may have been imposed by a district assembly, removed by an explanation in writing by the district superintendent and the District Advisory Board of the district where the disqualification was imposed; and provided further that their marriage relationship does not render them ineligible for a district license; and in case of a previous divorce, the recommendation of the District Board of Ministry District Ministerial Credentials Board along with supporting documents will be given to the Board of General Superintendents, which may remove this as a barrier to pursuing a license.”

  • Have you already submitted the supporting documents? Note: If these details have not been submitted, immediate contact should be made with the District Secretary.*
  • Has your spouse been divorced, had an annulment, or a legal separation?*
  • If married, are you now living with your spouse?*
  • Are your spouse and children in good health?*
  • Are there physical irregularities in your family that would hinder your ministry?*
  • Does your spouse support you in your commitment to fulfill your calling?*
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  • Are you behind on any debt or obligation?*
  • Are you in full sympathy and hearty accord with the standards, doctrines, and government of the Church of the Nazarene?*
  • If, after you have been ordained (or recognized) by the Church of the Nazarene, you find you cannot conform to the standards, doctrines, and government of said church or wholeheartedly support the church and its institutions, will you voluntarily surrender your credentials and withdraw from the ministry without charges or trial?*
  • Have you read in the Church of the Nazarene Manual the "Ministry and Christian Service" section?*
  • Will you wholeheartedly support the church and its institutions?*
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  • Do you sense the urgency of Christians being entirely sanctified, and does your ministry result in the sanctification of believers?*

  • ORDINATION CANDIDATES

  • Do you plan to give your full time to the ministry?*
  • Have you had trouble with any local church of which you were either a pastor or an associate pastor?*
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  • If currently assigned as an associate pastor (PSV), the assignment is:*

  • RECOGNITION CANDIDATES ONLY

  • Date Ordained:*
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  • Credential Type:*
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  • Did you give full time to the ministry?*
  • If a pastor, have you had trouble with any church you were pastoring?*
  • Are you now in active ministry?*
  • Have you read in the Church of the Nazarene Manual the "Recognition of Credentials" section?*

  • SIGNATURE

  • Date*
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  • Should be Empty: